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29 Crim. Just. Sec. Newsl. 1 (2020-2021)

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*   SEC and DOJ Enforcement: What's on the Horizon?
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*   Confronting the Criminalization of Blackness in the Criminal
Legal System

The Criminal Justice Section Council met virtually on August
1-2, 2020. The Council thanked the outgoing Chair Kim T.
Parker and welcomed the incoming Chair April Frazier-Ca-
mara of Washington, DC.
Following CJS-sponsored ABA resolutions were passed by the
ABA House of Delegates:
   106A on restorative justice: Urges criminal justice
stakeholders to consider using a restorative justice re-
sponse to crime as one effective alternative, or adjunct
to, a criminal adjudicatory process, in appropriate cas-
es;
   106B on Discovery Standards: Adopts the black let-
ter of the ABA Standards for Criminal Justice: Discovey,
Fourth Edition, dated August 2020, to supplant the
Third Edition (August 1994) of the ABA Standards for
Criminal Justice: Discovey.
Programs originally planned for the Annual Meeting were con-
verted to webinars:
   Review of the Supreme Court's Term --Criminal Cas-
es;
   The Heightened Risk of Parallel Investigations: What
In-House and Outside Counsel Must Know to Navi-
gate Today's Uncertain Terrain.
New Webinars
Due to the COVID-19 lockdown, Criminal Justice Section
programs that were scheduled for 2020 were either cancelled
or postponed. Some major programs were converted to webi-
nars, and following new webinars were offered.
* Examination of Witnesses: Trial Tactics for the Novice At-
torney

   Compassionate Release
   Does Qualied Immunity trump the Rule of Law?
   Current Developments in INTERPOL Red Notice Abuse
   SpecialQ &A: Graduating Into a Recession?
   Enhancing Justice: Reducing Bias
   The Intersection of the Criminal Justice System and People
with Mental Disabilities
CJS is also hosting monthly virtual meetings to address the
most pressing issues in criminal justice, CJS Hot Topics. This
ongoing series will be hosted on the fourth Wednesday of each
month, 3 PM ET. The September 23 meeting discussed the
issues of race and policing and threats to the rule of law.
Visit ambar.org/cjsevents for info on upcoming programs/
webinars and video recordings of recent programs.

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